37 now in quantico. 32 in columbia, maryland. 29 in montgomery county. a very cold start for sure. sun is not up for a while. still almost another hour and a half before the sun is up. ill stay colder for the next couple hours. again, many below freezing for the next little bit. be ready for a hitch in your giddy-up. e i'm very optimistic youing to like the way today is turning out. b-plus. would have been an "a," but we'll be about 8 degrees cooler than average. our average is 66. today's forecastedigh is only 58 degrees. it won't be ass breezy it was yesterday. to help you navigate thein way work and school, here's melissa. >> something you might want to avoidere. a little slow right now. chopper 4 over the top of the beltway. this is outer loop after old georgetown road. everything is now on the right. it was an overturned vehicle, a two-car crash with injuries. we still have real backups there. slow from about connecticut avenue or georgia avenue in.

you can see the delays from this camera as well this morning. map.ake a look at the big backup there. hoping it clears quickly, though, because they will get this out o way soon. rest of the beltway, inner loop and outer loop nice and greenri t now. inbout suitland parkway at stanton road, left lane blocked by that disabled vehicle. less than 24 hours afterip mu explosive devices were found in the u.s. mail, the, -- the fbi is looking into the possible there may be more. at least seven suspicious ng packages are bnvestigated right now, all addressed to prominent democrats. an eighth may have been sent to former vice president joe biden. a postal worker reportedly told investigators a suspicus package was spotted with biden's name on it. that package has not been located though. also targeted, california mdemocratic congresswomanine waters, who may have received two packages. this was the scene outside the mail facility near l.a. investigators had to bring in a

robot here. another package was addressed to her d.c. office but was intercepted in capol heights, maryland. waters and biden are just two of the people impacted by all this. take a look at the map behind me here. the clinto, obamas, former attorney general eric holder, democratic donor george soros, and the cnn offices in new york city we all sent devices. here's what tet dev looks like. the bombs apparently had timers and contained powder from fireworks. x-rays showed there were likely pieces of shrapnel inside the pvcipes as well. all of those who were sent explosives are political opponents of president trump. he held another event last night in wisconsin, but this time he struck a much different tone. >> the language of moral condemnation and destructive routine, these are arguments and disagreements that have to stop. no one should carelessly compare political opponents to

historical villains, which is ne often. it's done all the time. got to stop. >> president trump says it's everyone's job to make the national dialogue more civil. he called out the media specifically. >> the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories. have to do it. >> at no point during last night's rally did the president attack anyone personally. lawmakers praised the work of the secret service and postal workers for keepinghe devic away from their intended targets. >> these potentially dangerousp ages passed through the same post offices as we receive. ma law enforcement officials say they're staying vsuilant to make nothing gets past them, but they need your help. news 4's justin finch l ise in capitol heights with more on the steps they're taking to make sure everyone is safe.

>> reportewell, aaron, eun, right now law enforcement agencies from local to f are working around the clock, trying to track down the source of those explosive devices. meantime, post call workers at this facility and others are also on alert too. they're saying the public shortd be on a as well. here's a look at one of those devices sent out yesterday. you'll see it's in a manila envelope that on its fe appears benign. but inside, the makings of a potentially deadly explosive device. these dangers could still be in say.ail supply, officials postal workers rht now are revisiting their protocol for handling dangerous or suspicious items and also how to report them. this of course is a very real haza hazard for postal workers. back in 2001, five people died after exposure to anthrax, two of them local d.c. area postal

workers. the facility where they worked in brentwood is now named in theirs onor. at thitime, congresswoman eleanor holmes nortonhi says t job is very, very dangerous, and oe salutes those who tak that task. take a listen. >> somebody, some federal employee, some postalorker recognized that something was amiss and called in law enforcement. we're so grateful for whoever they were. >> reporter: and so right now law enforcement urging us all to say something if we see something. even a package that appears to be benign but looks suspicious is worth a call to police because they sayt truly could save lives. live here in capitol heights, justin finch,. news >> the public's first line of defense. justin finch, thank you

>> we ar monitoring the investigation closely and will bring you any updates on air and online a they come in. you can always open the nbc washington app for the latest. some breaking news now at 6:06. it's being called the most powerful storm o 2018. >> super typhoon yutu is amming the u.s. territories of guam and the northern mariana islands. chris lawrence is at the live desk with the latest video of this strong storm. >> eun, take a look. the winds have been gusting up to 180 miles an hour. you can s the power of the storm in this new video. we've learned that several people have already been injured. se you take a c look, just to put the strength of this storm into perspective, sner typh yutu is the force equivalent of a category 5 hurricane. national weather service says it is the strongest storm to hit any part of the u.s. this year. storm surges and waves have crested as high as 25 feet. in the eye othe storm, those waves have reached 40 feet. nearly 200 federal emergency workers have deployed to the

northern marianas to help. these u.s. territories are going to need a lot of that to recover from this type of storm. eun? >> chris wrence, thankou. it's 6:07. we have new details in a fatal shooting tha t rocked district. a third person has been arrested in the death of 10-year-old makiyahshilson. s a little girl who was gunned down outside of her apartment complex as she went kout for ice cream b in july. gregory taylor of ft. washington, maryland, now fac murder charges. bkiyah's mother talked to news 4 about thereak in the case. she explained why she can't forgive the suspected killers >> the past couple of court days and everything i've been through, it's no sthympathy. god says you should forget and foive a lot of people, but to me, they're not even showing they care. >> the police chief says detectives are still looking for at least two additional suspects. > 6:07 now. this morning investigators are trying to establish a motive in adl d supermarket shooting in kentucky. investigators say the suspect

entered a kroger grocery store yesterday afternoon and randomly keot a man several times. he then w out to the parking lot and shot a woman. both of the victims died. an armed citizen exchanged gu.ire with the s still, he managed to get away. the suspect was later arrested. new details about that viral outbreak at a pediatric rehab center in newersey. seventh child has now died from what's called the ad'sovirus. common and usually mild in healthy people, but the children at the r aab cente had fragile immune systems, increasing the risk ofca complitions. in all, about 18 children at the center were affected. today we expect to learn more about that massiveire at a senior apartment building near the navy yard. d.c. officials are seto hold a aring on the cause and response at the arthur capper senior apartments last month. 160 seniors weredisplaced following that fire. it was initially thought that ly, bute was rescued sa officials had to go back in after an engineer discovered one resident trapped in his apartment daysqu later.

tions also remain about why the fire alarms and sprinklers didn't go off that day. will have a crew at the hearing later this morning, and we'll bring you updates as we learn new info. we're learnin more about the springfield man killed in this dramatic house fire. family members tell us he' 70-year-old jaime rodriguez. heas known in the bolivian community as papa jimmy. captured thedeo flames shooting from the home in springfield yesrday morning. o men who were working on a house nearby ran to help. they grabbed a work ladder and leaned it against the home, but the fire was just too hot. we're still working to find out what caused that fire. tomorrow mwithew shepard be interred at the washington national cathedral, 20 years after his death. oure camera was let inside the knave where the remembrance ceremony will be in 1998, 21-year-old matthew shepard was beaten and left for dead in wyoming because he was cenly gay. his parents say thhedral will be a safe place for their son's ashes. you can look for coverage of tomorrow's servi right here on

news 4. falloutther turn in the over recent comments made by nbc news host megyly k about blackface. we've learned kelly has fired her agent after reports surfaced that she may be giving up her show on nbc. this a m began onday during kelly's show. in the midst of a panel discussion about inappropriate halloween costumes, kel said she didn't see what was wrong with blackface. the reaction was swift from viewersonline and even some of her nbc colleagues, denouncing her comments on air. kelly started her show yesterday with an apology. >> i learned that given the history of blackface being ud in awful ways by racists in this country, it is notkay for that to be part of any costume, haoween or otherwise. i have never been a pc kind ofp on, but i do understand the value in being sensitive to our history, particularly on race and ethnicity. >> nbcha newsman andy lack

responded to kelly's comments by saying, quote, there is no way to put this. remarks.n those there's no place on our air or in this workplace for them. it's 6:11. sunday is a big day for tens of thousands of runners in the marine corps marathon. >> this year a twist for one family. a father and daughter are trading roles for the race. ken has run 25 marathons, eincluding 16 mar corps marathons. his daughter polly has cheered him on at just about every one of those races, including his firs nearly 20 yea ago. now it's his turn to root for her. >> i sort of haveome up with the phrase we're passing the baton. it will feel slightly weird. >> this will be polly's first marathon. for more information about the race or metro closures, search marine corps marathon in the nbc washington app. and nbc 4 is a partner of the marine corps marathon. if you're not heading down to the race, check out our coverage here on sunday morning.

still ahead this morning, your heart's health.ay a role and if you're in the market for a new car or you have doubts about the one you're currently drtoing, we have this s for you. consumer reporter susan hogan breaks down the reliability r k rankgs of popular cars. chuck? >> and a very good thursday morning,verybody. good news is bright sunshine today. you could get the car wash. just make sure you get it in the garage before we get tr far into yriday. rain chances are going up for the weekend.

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asking them abt any serious problems they experienced with their vehicles in the past 12 months. this year's annual auto reliability surv g million vehicles. >> just because a car's new to be t mean it's goin trouble free. according to this suey, in-car electronics like infotainment systems, as well as power equipment and transmissions continue to give owners headaches. >> reporter: lexus, mazda, and toyota were the top brands with mazda making the biggest jump, moving up nine spots from the us previoear. brands at the bottom of the list were tesla, cadillac, and volvo. the tesla model s lost its recommended status because of issues with suspension as well as body hardware. >> reporter: as turbnes eycome more common, some car owners in the suave trouble with their car's turbo charger and engine cputer. a few needed complete engine replacements. >> the truth is, when automakers introduce such new technology,

it can tveral model years to get it working correctly. >> reporter: here's a look at the cars that came out on top as the most reliable.e xus gx, toyota prius c, and mazda mx-5 miata. e least reliable were the ram 3500, tesla model x, and the cadillac ats. i'm susan hogan, news 4. well, this is pretty unwelcome news as weead into fall and winter. new research suggests many people may have ak higher r of heart attack on cold, gray, and windy days. >> swedish researchers found the link was strgest with temperature. so when the temperature dropped to 30 degrees, people wer 14% more likely to have a heart attack. as the wind speed increased from 0 to 36iles per hour, there was a 7% increase in risk. and on days with no sun, the heart attack riskent up by 11%. i think sunshine is just g ud fo all around. >> it can be most of the time. 6:17 right now. chuck bell, sunshine today?

>> yes, lovely. plenty of sunshine today. sun isot up, though, until 7:28 this morning. we have a little ways to wait between now and then. then eventually later today, high clouds will come in and turn our bright blue skyat into filtered, creamy colored sky. by tomorrow, our skies will be gray once again as rain comes back in. but nothing to worry about on your thursday. we're off to a dry start. clear a skies a light wind overnight have allowed temperatures below freezf g in moste suburbs. nothing to worry about rainfallwise for today. heretomorrow's future weather starting at 6:00 a.m. skies will be cloudy first thing in the morning. thick overcast by noontime. into the afternoon, rain becoming more and more likely with time. so theilommute inbe dry tomorrow. the commute home tomorrow will be covered in rain chances. the heaviest and steadiest of the rains will come from sset tomorrow until sunrise on saturday morning. of course, it's marine corps marathon weekend. he outlook for the weekend,

friday rainlikely, heaviest in the evening. saturday breezy, especially in the morning hours. northeast winds around 20 siles per hourday morning with the rain gradually tapering off to just showers. and on sunday, race day itself, there will be a lot of wetness still around because of all the rain on saturday. rain chances for race day itself have been lowered again to only 30% now. so there's still a chance for a drop or two, but it's mainly just going to be a cloudy day. because it won't be raining as much, temperatures will gradually get into the upper 50s, maybe near 60. not todaye though. we starting out cold. 41 downtown with a northwest br bzewing. look at all the suburbs below freezing this morning. layer up. seat heaters are required for the ride in this morning. sunshine and 58 for a high today. then you can see in your extended forecast, rain moving inater tomorrow, showery weather saturday afternoon, and a lot of clouds on sunday. let's go over to coming along. >> a traffic alert here.

top of the beltway, outer loop approaching georgia avenue. chopper 4 over the top of the beltway. you can see the beautiful mormon temple there. a lot of slowdowns because of this new issue. now we have two problems on the beltway. outer loop after old georgetown with the right lane blocked. outer loop near georgia with that crashwe as . you can see those delays stretching the entire way. not so bad there in the middle, but really getting slow as you're approaching old georgetown. rest of the beltway looks okay right now. westbound 50 before the beltway in lanham, crash in the left lane. looking at your travel times, 270 is fine. 66 inund looks okay. 95 north, 36 miles per hor. listen wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car today. i'm chris lawrence a the live desk with breaking news we're following in manhattan. i want to take you straight to live pictures now. you're looking at an area of

greenwich street in manhattan. police are telling o colleagues at nbc in new york that they have discovered a suspicious package and device at the location of the grill. it's the grill owned by actor robert de niro. they say this device is similar to the ones sent to top democrats. we know i those cases, pipe bombs were stashed in manila enveloins. at this we just know it was similar. we don't know if it was exactly the se. we do know in addition to the packages that were sent to the clintons, the obam, and representative maxine waters, that the fbi has been trying to track down another suspiciou package that was sent to former vice presiannt joe biden. they have made it known that there may be other packages out there as well. again, you're looking at live pictures above greenwich street in manhattan, above the tribeca grill. this is a bui owned by actor robert de niro. again, police are confirming that they have now f

suspicious package and device. uu'll want to stay wit we'll be updating this story all morning. you're wching news 4oday. at

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6:25 now these fall, crisp temperatures have many of you turning up the heat in your home. that could mean bigger bill could be coming your way. >> news 4's i justin finch working for you with details on a free program helping pepco customers save money. >> my name is max. gy hi, max. >> here for the enome checkup. >> reporter: max is a home efficiency pro. he's walked lots of pepco customers through this quick home energy checkup. max shows homeowrs how much energy they're using and how much they could save. >> this is a nine watt l.e.d. it replaces a standard 60 watt. >> repter: energy efficient lightbulbs just some of the simple fixes max keeps in his tool kit, small solutions that can help lower your bill and your energy use right away. insulating water heater pipes is an easy way to conserve energy

and your money.es max also the hot water. >> we're looking for 120. we're in the 120 to 130 range, which is excellent. >> reporter: about 120 degrees fahrenheit is the recommended temperature for hot water and energy savings. the quick home energy checkup also includes other recommendations based on customer needs like efficient flow shower heads. pepco points out this checkup can be a starting point for even more savings. >> this also helps customers understand the other programs t that we haoffer, whether it's appliance rebates, hvac rebates, or a more in-depth home audit that looks at your home insulation good morning, everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist euck bell. alls on the weekend, which is only a couple days aw.

hokey fans will be making the drive down. it will bey cloud and wet in the game against the yellow jackets. more about our forecast coming up. and another live look for you here in new york city. police officers looking into reports of a suspicious package at a restaurant owned by robert de niro. you can see the chopper flying above theer scene with law enforcement. looks like maybe fire department response. we know the building has -- it's not clear if it's been evacuated or if this is t related other or if this is t related other suspicious

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in just the last few minutes, we've learned of yet another report out of new york city. >> news 4's chris lawrence at the live desk with the latest. >> aaron, here's what we're hearin from our colleagues at news 4 in new york. police sources are telling them that a suspicious package and device has been received at the location of the tribeca grill. owned by estaurant robert de niro. sources are telling our colleagues there that this package and device is similar to the ones sent to topno democrat. we know that pipe bombs were stashed in manila envelopes and st to the clintons, the obamas, and representative maxine waters. we've alsod been that they were trying to track down another suspicious package that may have been st to former vice president joe biden andre that tas the possibility other packages may have been in the mail as well. as we take a look at the scene there, we're being told that they did not have to evacuate this address because it wasn'tt occupiedhe time.

you can see the massive police presen there on the scene in manhattan right now. again, police con sources in new york that a suspicious package and device was received at the tribeca grill, the restaurant owned by robert de niro. we'll stay on top of this story and bring you any updates as we get them. back to you. >> thank you, chris. it's now 6:32. before we have more on the investigation, we do want to get a quick check f on yourecast from storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> yes, rindeed. cl skies and temperatures have really fallen during the overnight hours. a chilly to cold start this morning. a nice bright and sunny day today, but not much sunshine for the next couple days. right n 32 in winchester, front royal. 37n now prince george's county. forecast for today, put your warm coat on but keep your sunglasses handyor as well all that sunshine out there. afternoon temperatures today will climb from the 20s and 3 this morning into the mid to

upper 50s today. again, plenty of sunshine today. more about those weekend rain chances coming up. >> thank you, chuck. a cerple problems in montgomery county. southbound 270 at rockledre e. a brand new crash with one side of the roadway blocked. top of the beltway has finally cleared. had a crash silver spring outer georgiaer then one outer loop after old georgetown road. still have some delays there at the top of the beltway, but not nearly as bads it was. rest of the beltway looking typical right now. westbound, leesburg pike, right side blo ced by ash there. eun? >> melissa, thank you. it's now 6:30. we're staying on top of this breaking news. the nypd is investigating another rort of a suspicious package. >> we're worki closely with our sister station there in new york city to gather informati what we know is that a package and device were found in the tribeca area of lower manhattan.

law enforcement officials say it's similar to the other packages sent to some top demoroatsd the region. this address is the same place where robert de niro owns the restaurant the tribeca grill. we're tind the bui was unoccupied at the time. there is a police presence. a live picture you're seeing here is one of their bomb vehicles, the police department's bomb vehicles being brought in. we saw this vehicle leaving cnn yesterday. >> we're going to stay on top m the story aning. now to those other package bombs sent to former top lawmakers. take a look. thisoos what they like. this morning officials fear at least anotherackage may be still making its way through the mail service. a postal worker reportedly told investigators a suspicious package was spotted withorr vice president joe biden's name on it. alat package has not been located. the bombs apparently had timers, contained powder from fireworks, and shrapnel. >> at least seven suspicious

packages are being investigated right now. it's not car where theyame from. these packages were mailed from upstate new york to florida. the clintons, the obamas, eric holder, george soros and the offices in new york city were sent devices. california democratic congresswoman maxine waters was also sent two packages. this was the scene outside an wa. mail facility yesterday when a robotas brought in to inspect a package. another one was addressed to her d.c. off but was intercepted in capitol heights, maryland. and coming up at 6:45, we'll be live from that mail facility in capitol heights. news 4's justin finch wl have re on the steps officials are taking to make sure you and your mail are saf we'll also tell you about the change in rhetoric president trumpad during his campaign appearance last night. 6:35 your time right now. the smoke could be seen for miles. this was the scene from arthur capper senior apartments in southeast washington as residents were rescued fromhe

building there. months later, questions remain out the cause and response to that fire. >> aimee cho is live outside dithat bu, still in shambles, with what we could learn today. >> reporter: the goal here is to make sureothing like thisver happens again. the building is still boarded up. nobody can live here. and if you look athis construction chain link fence, it's open now, but it was closed during the fy e. officials at may have slowed firefighters down, made it tougher for them to get to people inside that burning building. that's just one of the many problems that will be addressed at today's hearing. also, residents say the fire alarms did not go off.pr theklers did not go off. neighbors had to run, banging on people's doorso lethem know what was going on, and in many cases rescue people in wheelchairs. shortly after the fire, officials said everyone was accounted for, but five days ter, as engineers wer searching the building, they found an elderly man still ti alive, queion t ed remains there,ow did nobody

realize this man was missing? in the meantime, the 16 people who used to live here still have no permanent place to call homei and they have not been allowed back inside that building to gather their things. news 4 will be covering that hearing this mning and bringing you updates on air and in the nbc washington app. eun, aaron? >> all right,e. aime thank you. it's now 6:37. coming up, cash back on yr commute. metro promising to give more refunds if it makes you ru thte. plus, more on e breaking news out of new york city. anher suspicious package found, this one at an address associated with actor r.ert de niro much more just ahead i was a navy doctor, so i'm used to getting to work early. now i have a general practice, whwith a lot of patients are counting on me. many of them worry about president trump taking away protections for pre-existing conditions. and women are frightened they could lose reproductive health care.it why i'm glad i have a friend named ben.

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nvestigatin a suspicious package found at a building affiliated with actor robert de niro. it appears the same kind of truck that carried away device found at cnnea huarters yesterday has left the scene. you can track there with the lights. th what you're seeing driving out of that area rightw no we're going to have much more information on the story as it comes in. now let's get y toour cnbc morning bess rert >>oo morng i' frank holland here at cnbc headquarters. gook l google go le is making it easier for users to delete their search history. a new function called yoch data and sellows users to review and delete recent searches within the search page itself. it alslets users adjust ad settings and activity controls to decide what information google saves to your account. the launch of the ne follows recent privacy scandals that found google was still storing time-stamped user data and giving developeraccess to ers' private information on its google plus platform. with your cnbc morning business port, i'm frank holland.

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it's now 6:45.yi we're s on top of this breaking news story. the nypd is investigating other report of a suspicious package. >> chris lawrence i this from the live desk. let's check in with him. >> yeah, some updates here. i want to get you to those live pictures and give you clarification of what you're there. that is a truck that is carrying the device that was found at the tribeca gr il. going to the bronx where

the new york city police department hasas ave police training facility. they also have a huge crater there called the pit. that's where they explode unexploded bombs. that's where the device is going chght now. you're wg it go there live. i want to take you backo to vi to the greenwich street with just literally maybe a couple hours ago police were alerted to the fact that a suspicious package and dice was found there. luckily that building was unoccupied. evacuate. we're also getting a lot of new details about how this came down. apparently a building worker was working there overnight. he saw the news and saw the package, remembered seeing this package arrive a day or so ago for robert de niro. he was the one called police. they say the package was addressed specifically to rober de niro. the initial assessment is it is ones lar device to the sent to democrats.

we'll stay on top ofry this s all morning for you. aaron, back to you. >> all right, chris. thank you. melissa is also tracking breaking news. >> that's right. first 4 traffic alert. outer loopefore river rode. a three-mile backup right now. those f delays stretchm 270 down to river road on the outer loop. vehicle pinnedts there on side between the jersey wall and another car. it is very slow on the beltway. >> melissa, thau. your time is 6:47. back to our top story. explosives found in the mail. president trump mentioned these packages sent to former elected leaders during a campaign stop in wisconsin last night. >> and while the president condemned the attacks and called for american unity, he also blamed the media for the current political climate. >> the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and

stories. have to do it. >> nbc'ser peter alexa is outside the white house this morning following this developing story. peter, good morning. g >> reported morning to you. president trump back here at the white house this morning. last night he was much more subdued than usual, largely sticking to prepared remarks, calling on all americans to come together in peace and harmony and abandoning the specific personal attacks onis political adversaries. at times he did call on others to dialan back theirage but took no responsibility for his own rhetoric. late wednesday, we heard from many of those people, including some of the targets of these packages. among them, theormer cia director and nbc news national security analyst john brennan., he saidong other things, that the president had to do something, that the president's actions must match his words. and the man that the presidenta could in 2020, the former vice president joe bhe tweeted as well, saying this country has to come together. this division, this hatred, this ugliness, in the words of the former vice president, has t end.

aaron and eun, we'll see you on the "today" show shortly. >>xa peter aer live at the white house, thank you. more on this developing story straight ahead on "today." some of the packages also ended up in our area, as noted. one for congresswoman maxine waters was intercepted at a postal facility in capitol heights. >> news 4' justin finch continues our team coverage outside that postal f wility. justint are postal workers and law enforcement doing to make sure theyind these suspicious packages? >> reporter: well, eun, rig now postal workers nationwide forreviewing their training handling and reporting suspicious packages. after all, as you mentioned, tt was quicknking at this processing center yesterday that led to the flagging of suspicious packas as well. they also want you to see images like this onef of one those devices it flagged yesterday. it may appear to be benign in thatil m envelope. what's worse is there could be more of those devices in our

mail supply. so right now authorities urging ru all to be on the lookout, especially forly assembled packages that may feature misspellings as well on the labels here. en short, if it looks suspicious, youeing asked to report it. do not hitate. this i also a very real concern for postal workers. you might recall back i 2001, of the five people who died after anthrax exposure, two were local d.c. postal workers. the facity where they worked in brentwood now named in their honor. rightow d.c. authorities are saying for us all to be >> see something, say something is not a cliche. it actually does saveiv. so if you're thinking, i don't want to bother a police officer, no. any type of suspicious activity needs to be reported to law enforcement. >> reporter: and simple advicom

if you across a suspicious device, you're asked to not open itnd instead alert the authorities. opening that device could be more trouble than it's worth. we're live here in capitol heights. i'm justin finch, news 4. >>, just thank you. it's 6:51 now. new did e tails in a fatal shooting that rocked the district a third person has been arrested in the death of 10-year-old ya ma wilson. she was gunned down outside her ap tment building as she we to get ice cream back in july. gregory taylor of ft. washington, maryla now faces murder charges. makiyah's mother says she cannoe forgive suspected killers. >> the past couple courrydates and eing i've been parot'ugno iyms th s y. forgive a lot of peoplno but they'reven showing they care. >> d.c. police chief says detectives are still looking for ateast two more suspects. back now to melissa and your first 4 traffic htee. loop before river road, chopper 4 over this. take a look.

this vehicle up on its side, pinned between the jersey wall and another car here on the ground. right now three left lanes outer loop before river road. we're talking about delays 270 southbound from montrose on and on the outer loop from atiut connt avenue around the top of the beltway. very, very slow. you're going to want to allow a lot of extra time or take your favorite alternate to avoid that. there are the delays here this morning. restf the beltway not so bad. as we zoom in, another problem southbou 270 after rockledge. left lane blocked by a crast. of the beltway, not so bad. southbound kenilworth avenue, easter after, left lane blocked by a crash. and westbound leesburg pike near baron cameron, right side blocked by crash there. remember to listen to wtop 103.5

i when you hopn your car. chuck.rning, >> good morning, melissa. happy thursday, everybody. skies have been clear asovernig. result, it's a cold start this morning. thing to worry about weatherwise today. just sunny and cool. all this rain in the middle of the country is going to be arriving here sometim after lunchtime tomorrow. so today, nothing but clear skies this morning. we'll get high clouds in here later on in the afternoon. 100% chance of dry wther day. i do say it is going to be cold this morning. future weather, on friday this is 1:00 tomorrow afternoon now. going over to mostlyloudy. rain coming in here. it will be a dry start tomorrow but raining by the time you get home from work and school in most areas. then the hsviest of the rain likely to come from the time the sun goes down friday night untin the time the comes up on saturday morning. on average, about an inchra of likely across much of the area. isolated amounts, could be 2 o inch more. again, there's your friday planner. cloudy skies start to finish,

with rain likely for your friday evening plans. saturday and sunday, 0%hance of rain, a little blustery early saturday morning. clearing out -- not clearing d out, buting up a bit. just showers saturday afternoon. marine corps marathon on sunday. still a mostly cloudy day. there's a chance for a little shower or two, but most of the rain chances for sunday have been diminished to only a 30% chance. that's welcome news. here's your whole ten-day forecast. y today. we're in the 20s and 30s this morning. it's a cold beginning, but sunny and 58fthisnoon. tomorrow, showers moving in, showers hanging around for mainly just cloudy skies on sunday. more rain monday. then back toin sune tuesday of next week. >> chuck, thank you. it's 6:54. here are four things to know. early voting begins today in maryland a polls opent 10:00 this morning. early voting u is alreadyer way in d.c. and west virginia. you can find polling centers near you and the hours of operation in the nbc washington

app. in a few hours, we should learn more about a massive fire at the senior apartment building near the navyd. y d.c. officials set to hold a hearing on the cause and response at the arthur capper senior apartments last month. we will have a crew at that hearing and bring you updates as we learn more. super typ yutu is .s slamming the u. territories of guam and t northern mariana islands. take a look. the winds have been gusting up to 180 miles the storm has the force equivalent to a category 5 hurricane. look for the latest on "today." breaking news now. less than 24 hours aft seven suspicious packages containing explosives were sent to top democrats, the nypd is investating another suspicious package and device. >> we want to get to chris lawrence at the live desk for the very latest. chris? >> yeah, right now that truck is taking that device out to the bronx in a police training facility where they explode unexploded bombs. it was fou atn address on

greenwich street inha manan. it was the home of the tribeca bgrill. we'reng told a worker was working overnight. he remembered the package comino in a day so ago, specifically addressed to actor robert de niro. police arein say it was very similar to the devices sent at targeting demo more on this on the "today" show. >> chris, thank you. now melissa has the latest in your first 4 traffic alert >> outer loop before river road, one vehicle pinned against that jersey wall. you can see the other vehicle nderneath it. right now the three left lanes, road loop before riv shut down. we're talking about delays along 270 southbound and the top of the beltway merging into this a well. >> hard to believe 355 looks like a better option. yikes. >> bad day. >> sunshine and 58 today. enjoy it. very little sunshine for the next four days after this one. >> all right, chuc thank you. that is the news 4 today. we appreciate you waking up with us.

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breaking news. breaking news. new scares. just this morning a suspicious device being investigated atdr ess linked to actor robert de niro. this after yet another explosive device was found at a mail facility in los angeles similar to pipe bombs mailed to former president obama, hillary clinton, and other prominent democrats. federal investigators racing to figure out who is sending them and if more are still out there. we will have the latest on the search for clues. mixed messages. >> we want all sides to come together in peace and harmony. we can do it. we c do it. >> during an overnight campaign